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Monkerton Community Primary School

PrimaryAges 2–11Free school

Exeter, EX1 3WS · Devon local authority

Exeter’s School Grade B− better than 48% of towns in England

Getting in
60/82
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
488 pupils
102% of its 480 places
Free school meals
13%
13 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Monkerton Community Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 73% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (60 of 82)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (EX1 3) sold for a median £320,000; Exeter’s is £295,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Monkerton Community Primary School?

73% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

82
families put it first for September 2026
60
places offered
73%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2022 (5), 2023 (45), 2024 (28), 2025 (27), 2026 (22). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Cornerstone Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Devon council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Exeter, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

Monkerton Community Primary
1.37 per place
73% got their first choice
1.14 per place
87% got their first choice
1.07 per place
92% got their first choice
1.02 per place
98% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

411 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
14.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
12.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 45%Boys 55%
Its letter

No letter for Monkerton Community Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Monkerton Community Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in EX1 3, the school’s postcode sector

Exeter property prices →
£320,000
median sale, 767 sales in 36 months · Exeter £295,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025EX1 3Exeter
EX1 3Exeter

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£409K
Semi-detached
£330K
Terraced
£266K
Flat
£180K
EX1 3Exeter

Homes in EX1 3 sell for a little over Exeter’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

12 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miND−A−B+DB−B+C−C+B−DC+Monkerton Community Primary…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Exeter, EX1 3WS

Monkerton Community Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Monkerton Community Primary School?

For September 2026, 82 families put Monkerton Community Primary School first and 60 of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.

What is Monkerton Community Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2023).

How much do houses cost near Monkerton Community Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, EX1 3, sold for a median £320,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (767 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Exeter’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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